Motor or engine.



H. A, OGLE. MOTOR 0R ENGINE. APPLICATION FILED JUNE7,1911.

Patented Nov. 11, 1913.

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MOTOR OR APPLICATION FILED JUNE 7, 1911.

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Patented Nov. 11, 1913.

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HARLEY A. OGLE, or CHIGAGO, rumors, Assrcmoni To TAYLOR E. DANIELS, or

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

MOTOR B ENGINE.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

To all whom itmay concern: v

' Be it known that '1, HARLEY A. OGLE a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Motors or Engines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates particularly to an improved machine, adapted for-use as a water meter or as an engine, as desired.

My primary object is to provide a machine of the character indicated of simple andcomparatively inexpensive construction and of improved operation.

The invention, is illustrated in the preferred embodiment in the accompanying drawings, in which l Figure 1 represents an elevational view of my improved machine with the front face-plate removed; Fig, 2, a section taken as indicated at line 2 ofFig. 1; Fig. 3, a section taken as indicated at line 3 of Fig. 1, but showing the oscillatory vane or piston in horizontal position; Fig- 4, a broken sectional view taken as indicated at line 4 of Fig. l and showing the rock-shaft with which the inlet and outlet valves are connected; Fig. 5, a broken section taken as indicated at line 5 of Fig. '1 and showing the manner of securing the abutment orwall within the casing; Fig. 6, a plan view of a member provided with an inlet port adapted to register with a pair of inlet ports with which the casing is provided, and provided with an outlet port adapted to register with a pair of outlet ports with which the casing is provided; Fig. '1, a view of an arm adapt ed for connection with the oscillating shaft,

as when the machine is employed as an engine; Fig. 8, a broken sectional view showing a detail of one of the bell-crank triplevers employed; Fig. 9, a broken sectional view taken as indicated at line 9 of Fig. 2, the section cutting the ports of the inlet valves; and Fig. 10, a broken section taken as indicated at line of' Fig. 2, the section:

cutting the ports of; the outlet valves.

In the preferred construction, the invention comprises a cylindrical casing A having-- a removable front-plate A; an oscillating vane or piston 13 mounted on and serving to oscillate a shaft B co-axially'journaled'in the casing; a radially fixed abutment or wall Clocatedin the lower half of the casing and interposed between the front and 'in Figs..9 and 10, respectively.

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rear walls thereof, and serving,with the oscillating vane, to afford chambers C and (1 a valve-actuating y'o'lie D mounted on an oscillating pivot D mentor wall C; valves E "actuated by the member D; and valve-tripping means F mounted onthe oscillating'vane .B. a i The cylindrical casing has a rear wall or disk '1 equipped with a cylindrical flange 2 having an outturned annular flange 3. The front plate A is lar e enough to bear against the front face of t e'jfia'n'ge' 3, where it is removably secured, asby bolts-or ca screws 4. From the upper portibn of t 6 rear 'wall or casing a stud or abutment'5 projects inwardly,'said studco-acting with the trip-mechanism F. I

The lower portion of the cylindrical wall 2 of the casing is provided in one plane with a pair of inlet ports 6, and'in a parallel plane witha pair of outlet ports 7, as shown The cylindrical wall 2 of the casing is formed with a base-portion 8 through which the ports 6 and 7 extend. The base portion 8 has a flat lower surface to which is removably secured At one end of the member 9 is a nipple 12 which provides aninlet port or passage 13.;

and at-the other end of the member 9 is a. v .90

nipple 14 which provides an outlet passage or .port 15. The-ports 13 and 15 communicate respectively with open-top chambers or ports 16 and 17 formed in the body of ,he member 9. When the member 9 is secured in place, the chamber or passage 16. registers with the inlet. (ports 6 through the base of the casing, an the chamber or passage 17 registers with the outlet ports 7.

The member 13 is disposed diametrically with relation to the interior bore .of the cylinder. It has a central hub 18 fixed on the shaftB' and arms 19 extending or radiating from the hub and having their ends contacting with the inner cylindrical wall and their edges contacting with the innersurfaces of the front and rear walls-of the'cas- The edges of the vanes or arms are provided with packing-strips 20.

The stationary wall or abutment C comprises a block disposed between the hub 18 Patented Nov. 11,

casing,

ing a bar or lever 24 perforate of the member B and the lower wall of the block contacting with the front and rear Walls of the casing.

The member C is.se-

cured by a pin 21 and a screw 22 (Fig. 2).

The upper edge of the member C is made concave and provided with a packing-strip 23 which contacts with the lower sur ace of the hub 18 of the vibrating meber B.

The member D is of yoke form, compristenoned centrally in the front end of the shaft or pivot D; and rearwardly-extending arms 25 with which the valves are connected. The shaft or pivot D extends into a horizontal bore in the upper portion of the member C, and the pivot is confined in its bearing by the front-plate A. Confined between the rear end of the pivot D and the rear wall of the casingis a coilspring 26 which serves to cause the pivot to oscillate with a certain amount of friction, thereby tending to prevent accidental movemerit-of the valves. The arms 25 are pro;- vided with depending lugs 27 having transverse perforations which receive lateral studs carried by the valve-stems. The arms 25 are also equipped on their upper surfaces withcam members 28 adapted to be actuated by the trip-device F.

The valves E are four in number. That is, there are a pair of inlet valves 29 and 29; and a pair of outlet valves 30 and 30 The lower end of the member C rests on the imthe cylinder, that is, the portion of the cylindrical wall which is between the inlet and outlet ports for the chamber C and the inlet and outlet ports for the chamber G. Said member G is provided with laterallyprojecting lugs 32 provided with vertical perforations affording guides for the stems 33 ofthe valves. The inlet flanges 29 and 29- seat upwardly and inwardly against valve-seats 34 with which the base 8 is provided in its lower surface. The lower ends of thestems 33 of the inlet valves move in guide-members orbrackets 35 which are secured to the lower disposed in the chamber surface of the base 8 and I 16 of the member 9. The rear set of valves, that is the outlet valves 30'and 30 seat downwardly against valve-seats 36 provided in the interior sur:

face of the lower cylindrical wall, that is, at-

the upper ends of the ports 7. The valve- 25 are provided.

stems 33 are provided with laterally-project ing studs 37 which extend through the perforations with whichthe lugs 27 of the arms The mechanism F' comprises a pair of oppositely-disposed bell-crank levers 38 and 39; a pair of plungers 40 and 41 adapted to be operated respectively by the levers 38 and 39; springs 42 for said levers; supplemental levers or arms 43 pivotally connected with the upper portions of the upwardly-extend:

the front and rearedges of said portion 31 of the lower wall ofing arms of the levers 38 and 39- and springs 44'controlling the members 43. The

upper portion of the hub 18 of the vibratory vane B is provided with two slots which no .commodate the horizontal arms of the levers 38 and 39, said arms being mounted on a pivot 45, as shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3. Thus, the lever 38 has a horizontal working-arm 46 and an actuating-arm 47, while the lever 39 has a horizontal working-arm 46,and an actuating-arm 47. The arms 46 and 46 are adapted to serve as tappet-arms to deliver blows to the plungers 40. The arms 47 and 47 have thesupplemental arms or members 43 jointedly connected therewith, by means of pivots 48. The detail of theconnection is shown in Fig. 8, each member 43 being adapted to work idly in passing the stud 5 in one direction of movement and to actuate its lever in the other direction of movement. Thus, the member 43 is chauneled and the arm 47 projects above the pivot 48 and into the channel of the member 43, the member 43 having an internal shoulder 49 which limits the movement of said member with relation to the arm 47 in the working stroke. The same detail of connection between the arm 47 and its member 43 is employed. The springs 44 are mounted, respectively, on the arms 46 and 46 and their upper ends engage the members 43. tappet-levers 38 and 39 have short arms 50 projecting from their angle portions and bearing on the free ends of the springs 42. The springs 42 areleaf-springs carried b the vane B screws 51.

The upper portion of the inner cylindrical wall of the casing A. provided with radial studs or stops 52 serving to limit the oscillation of the vane B.

Upon the front-plate of the casing is mounted a register G, whose operative mechanism is connected with the oscillatory shaft B b adapted to conand connected therewith by y a ratchet mechanism vert the oscillatingmovements of the shaft B into the rotary movement of the countingwheels of the register. The details of the register-mechanism are not claimed in .,the presentapplieation, audit is deemed unnecessary to illustrate thereg ister in detail.

In Fig. I is shown arm secured on the projectingend of the shaft B and employed to communicate motion from said shaft, when the machine herein disclosed is employed as an engine, as, for instance, in operating a lubricator on a locomotive. In such case, the motive power for the vane B may be steam.

The. operation of my improved machine will be readily understood from the foregoing detailed description.

Fig. 1 shows the position of the parts after fluid has been admitted to the chamber C and moved the vane B to the limit of its stroke, the tappet-lever 39 having been raised in passing the stud 5, and, through the action of its spring 42, having struck the plunger 41 and shifted the valve actua-ting yoke D, thereby closing the admission-valve 29 and outlet-valve 30, and opening the admission-valve '29 and outlet-valve 30. Thus, the vane B is ready to start on the return stroke, fluid entering the chamber C and being expelled from the chamber C Figs. 9 and 10 show the position of the parts when the return stroke is partially completed, fluid entering from the source past the valve 29, as shown in Fig. 9, and fluid passing from the chamber C past the valve 30, as shown in Fig. 10. As the vane oscillates clockwise from the position shown in Fig. ,1, the studengaging member 43 of the arm 47 will pass idly beneath the stud 5, while the stud-em gaging member 43 of the arm 47 will engage the stud and cause the arm 46 0f the tappetlever 38 to be raised against the force of the spring 42, which appears in the left-hand portion of the figure. As the right-hand portionof the vane descends, it will cause the headed lowerend of the plunger 40 to engage the cam-member 28 of the valveactuating yoke D, and the plunger will slide through the vane until the tappet-lever 38in released from the cam-stud 5, when the spring 42 will cause the tappet-lever to strike a'sharp blow on the upper end of the plunger l0, thereby causing the lunger 40 to effect a quick shifting of t e valves. Since the inlet valves seat upwardly and the outlet valves seat downwardly, it is obvious that when the inlet valve of one chamber is thrown open, the outlet valve'of the same chamber is closed, while the inlet valve of the other chamber is thrown to the closed position and the outlet valve thereof is thrown to the open position.

When the machine is employed as a water meter, the oscillations of the shaft B will be tallied by the register; and when the machine is employed as an engine, power may be taken from the shaft B, by employing the arm H shown in Fig. 7.

The foregoing detailed description has been given for clearness of understanding (mud no undue limitation should be understood therefrom, but the appended claims should be construed as broadlyms permissible in view of the prior art.

What I regard as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is- 1. In a machine of the character set forth, the combination of a casing, a stationary abutment in said casing and extending from one wall thereof to near the center, a vibratory member having a hub-portion engaging said abutment, admission valves and outlet valves located on opposite sides of said abutment, a vibratory actuating member for said valves, and means carried by said firstnamed vibratory member and adapted to actuate said second-named vibratory mem- 2. In a machine of the character set forth, the combination of a casing provided with a substantially radial internal wall, an inlet valve and'an outlet valve located on each side of said wall, 'a valve-actuating member having a pivot journaled in said wall, a vibratory piston having a hub-portion making a fluid-tight joint with said wall, and means carried by said piston and adapted to actuate the valve-actuating member.

8. In a machine of the character set forth, the combination of a casing, a substantially radial internal wall therein, admission and outlet valves for the chambers separated by said wall, a vibratory yoke adapted to actuate said valves, a vibratory piston having a hub-portion bearing on said wall, tappetlevers mounted on said piston, springs for said tappet-levers, and means carried by the casing and adapted to actuate said tappetlevers.

4. In a machine of the'character set forth,

the combination of a casing, a substantially radial internal wall therein, admission and outlet valves for the chambers separated by said wall, a vibratory yoke adapted to actuate said valves, a vibratory piston having a hub-portion bearing on said wall, tappet-l' levers mounted on said piston, springs for said tappet-levers, plungers extending throughthe arms. of said piston and adapted to actuate said yoke, and means carried by the casing and adapted to actuate said tappet-levers.

5. In a machine of the character set forth, the combination of a casing provided with a substantially radial internal wall, admission and outlet valves for the chambers flanking said wall, a vibratory member adapted to actuate said valves, a vibratory piston having a hub-portion bearin on said wall, members projecting throng said piston and adapted to actuate said first-named vibratory member, apair of tappet-levers moving with said piston, springs for said tappetlevers and means in the casing adapted to actuate said tappet-levers.

6. In a machine of the character set forth,- the combination of. a casing provided with an internal wall, a* vibratory piston co-acting wit-h'said wall, valves controlling inlet and outlet ports located on opposite sides ofsaid wall, a ivoted actuating member for said valves, evers pivoted on said piston, s rings serving to actuate said levers in one irection, means actuated by said levers and serving to actuate the valve-actuating memher, an abutment in the cylinder, and abutment actuated members carried by said levers, each abutment actuated member having idle movement in one direction to pass sai abutment and serving to actuate its lever vices carried by the during the movement in the opposite direc- Hon.

7. In a machine of the character set forth, the combination of a cylinder, a stationary Wall therein, a vibratory piston co-acting with said Wall, admission and outlet valves for the chambers flanking said Wall, a common actuating member for said valves, plungers extending through the piston and adapted to actuate the valve-actuating member, spring-pressed plunger-actuating depiston, and means carried by the casing and adapted to actuate the plunger-actuating devices. v

8. In a machine of the character set forth, the combination of a casing, a division-Wall therein, an inwardly-seating valve and an outwardly-seating valve for the chamber on each side of said Wall, said'valves having inwardly-extending stems, a vibratory member serving-to actuate said valves through the medium of said stems, a vibratory piston, and means carried by said piston for actuating the valve-actuating member.

9. ,In a machine of the character set forth, the combination of a casing, a stationary Wall therein, inlet and outlet valves for the chambers on opposite sides of said wall, a vibratory valve-actuating member having an axis in said Wall, a vibratory piston having a hub with a bearing on said wall, a pair of bell-crank levers mounted on said piston, springs mounted on said piston and co-acting with said bell-crank levers, means actuated by said levers for actuating the valveactuating member, and means carried by the casing for actuating said levers during the movement of the piston.

HARLEY A. OGLE.

In presence of R. A. RAYMOND, OTTILIE C. AvIsUs. 

